TEHRAN, Iran, May 8, 2018 (News Wires) - Iran's president has acknowledged the country could "face some problems" ahead of President Donald Trump's planned announcement on whether America will pull out of the nuclear deal. President Hassan Rouhani made the comments at a meeting at a petroleum expo in Tehran on Tuesday. Rouhani says: "It is possible that we will face some problems for two or three months, but we will pass through this." Iran has woken up to news that President Donald Trump plans to announce his decision about whether to pull America out of the nuclear deal between Tehran and with world powers. Trump's tweet came late on Monday night, meaning major newspapers across Iran missed the announcement for their front pages. Iran's state-run television broadcaster carried the announcement at 10am local time, and Iran's state-run IRNA news agency also carried a report on it. Overnight, Iran's semi-official news agencies carried the news off Trump's tweet, while others shared foreign media reports online. Meanwhile, France's defence minister said weakening the Iran deal would aggravate an eruptive region, as world powers waited to see if US President Donald Trump would pull out of the accord on Tuesday. Florence Parly told French radio RTL the deal was not perfect but had successfully suspended Iran's nuclear military programme and the Iranians had respected the agreement. Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw from the deal, which eased economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for Tehran limiting its nuclear programme, unless France, Germany and Britain - which also signed the agreement - fix what he has called its flaws. A US official said on Monday it was unclear if efforts by European allies to address Trump's concerns over the pact would be enough to save it. "The 2015 Vienna agreement is not perfect but allowed the suspension of the Iranian nuclear power programme and weakening it would be a factor of aggravation in a very eruptive region," Parly said.
